[Chorus 1]
Don't go to Anacita
They got their goon squads on patrol
Don't go to Anacita
You're better off living in a hole

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What have the artists said about the song?

Now on the side B. I had come up with the town of Anacita when I needed a place for a faded performer to live in a previous song called ‘Born To Be Wine.’ In my head it has become the exurb of the city I build in my imaginings while I’m trying to go to sleep — a weird tic I found my Dad shared. (I sang about this imaginary city in ‘Why Does It Shake?’ on the last album. The city is bigger now). From touring around America you get to see all sorts of municipalities, and I picture Anacita as an affluent suburb that looks quaint and respectable but maybe has too many cops for the population size. Like, maybe the next town over is a little more down-on-its-heel and the border between the two is stark in its sharpness. Like all great fictional places, whether it’s Springfield, Llareggub, Newbridge, or Wessex, I hope to revisit it again.

What have the artists said about the song?

“I made it up on a song that we did last year for the Adult Swim Singles Program called ‘Born To Be Wine’, where I had a character in the song that was a washed up rock star – back when rock stars could make money – and I had him living in this town Anacita that I kind of pictured as this fancy town in America. Then when I was thinking about making up another fake town for this song I thought I’d just continue using Anacita and building on it.”